›       MODEM DIP-SWITCH COMMANDS››  Your modem should be configured to      the following settings:››  Your DTR line should be allowed to be controlled by software. It should not be always set to active (high).››Your modem should respond in English. It should not send back numeric responses.››Modem responses (result codes) should not be used.››Your modem should echo commands in command mode.››Your modem should not auto-answer. Since CARINA II makes your modem answer the phone, your modem should not answer the phone automatically.››Your modem's carrier detect line can be either on or off. It doesn't matter.››Your modem should be configured for a single-line phone jack.››Your modem should recognize modem commands.››Sending +++ to your modem should not hand up your modem.››  After yourset up your modem's configuration, you will need to turn your modem off and back on again before your changes will take effect.››  If you have a modem that has 'internal dipstwiches' (meaning that your modem has a set of AT commands that will configure your modem and a battery that will retain this configuration), you'll need to boot up your favorite terminal program to set your internal dip switches. Boot your terminal program, make sure you are in ASCII mode, go into terminal mode and type:››  NOTICE: ALWAYS enter these commands             in the following order:››AT&F....This will restore your modem's factory settings.›AT&D2...Makes modem hang up and go into command mode when DTR line is 'pulled'.›AT\D0...CTS and DSR always on (notice   "\" and not "/").›AT&W....Writes this configuration to your modem's memory.››  If you have a Avatex 1200 modem (not the Avatex HC) or a Supra 1200 which the exact same modem, all of your dipswitches located in the back of your modem should be in the UP position.›››          SETTING UP CARINA II››(IF YOU DON'T HAVE A HARD DRIVE, SKIP TO STEP B)››››             STEP A››Setting CARINA II on your hard drive:›› Make sure that your hard drive is equipped to work with SpartaDos. Also make sure you have SpartaDos written to your hard drive. If you want to reformat your hard drive, consult your SpartaDos manual on how to do this. Make sure that SpartaDos is on your hard drive when you have finished. SpartaDos should now be bootable. Copy the ZHAND.COM from your SpartaDos master disk onto drive 1 of your hard drive. Copy MOE.COM from your CARINA II master disk number 2 side 2 onto drive 1 of your hard drive. If you are using a modem handler other than an MIO, copy the interface's corresponding R: modem device handler (as determined previously) to drive 1 of your hard drive. Copy URSVAL_0.DAT from your CARINA II master disk number 2 side 2 onto drive 1 of your hard drive. Aside from DOS, you should now have at least 4 files on your hard drive (3 if you are using the MIO). Go to step C.››››              STEP B››SETTING UP CARINA II ON FLOPPY DRIVES›› There are two different types of disks that you will need to make, boot disks and data disks. You will need to make as many data disks as you have floppy drives on-line. For example, if you will be running the BBS off of 4 floppy drives, you are going to need 4 data disks. The number of boot disks will depend on whether or not you will be using a ramdisk and, if you will, how big it will be. If you will not be using a ramdisk, you will need only one boot disk. If you will be using a ramdisk, you will need to make additional boot disks that will contain any files that will need to be copied to your ramdisk. The number of these additional disks will depend upon the number of files you will be copying. Format as many new disks for data disks that you will require and label them according to which drive each disk should be placed (e.g., if you have 4 drives, format 4 new disks and label them 1 through 4). You will not need to write DOS to any of these disks. The only disk that will need DOS is your first boot disk.››  To construct your first boot disk, format another new data disk and make sure SpartaDos is written to it. SpartaDos should now be bootable. Copy the file ZHAND.COM from your SpartaDos master disk onto this new disk. Copy MOE.COM from your CARINA II master disk number 2 side 2 onto this new disk also. If you are using a modem interface other than an MIO, copy the interface's corresponding R: modem device handler (as determined previously) to this new disk as well. Aside from DOS, you should now have at least 3 files on your first boot disk (at least 2 if you are using the MIO).››  On your data disk for drive one, place the file USRVAL_0.DAT on it. This file is supplied on your CARINA II master disk number 2 side 2.››  You should now have 1 boot disk and as many data disks as you have disk drives. Only data disk number 1 should have anything on it (USRVAL_0.DAT file).››               STEP C››   USING A RAMDISK WITH CARINA II››  Here is a list of suggested folders that should be placed within your ramdisk according to ramdisk size:›››64K ramdisk  (standard 130XE) SYSTEM>››192K ramdisk (Rambo XL, 256 MIO with printer buffer, etc...)›SYSTEM> MODULE> SYSMOD>››256K ramdisk (modified 256K MIO with printer buffer, etc...)›SYSTEM> MODULE> SYSMOD>›                                          (Password files and miscellaneous data files can go here too if you want to risk losing them due to a power failure. There is a facility that makes CARINA II backup any files to a disk drive as frequent as every hour, however, this means that you will also have to leave room on a disk drive for these files)››512K ramdisk  (modified 130XE, 1-meg MIO w/o printer buffer, etc...) ›SYSTEM> MODULE> SYSMOD> SYSTXT>››  (Password file/miscallaneous data     files as with 256K ramdisk)››  When using a ramdisk, these folders will have to be created upon initialization in your ramdisk and the appropriate files will have to be copied into them.››IF YOU ARE USING A RAMDISK WITHIN YOUR MIO, SKIP TO STEP F›››                STEP E›                                        USING RAMDISK BUILT INTO YOUR COMPUTER›› If you are using a computer ramdisk, you will need to use the RD.COM file supplied on your SpartaDos disk. Initializing a ramdisk is performed by typing RD D7: (initialized drive 7 as a ramdisk) at the d1: prompt. This will also format the ramdisk. You will be doing this within your initialize batch file. GO TO STEP G››                STEP F›››     USING A RAMDISK WITH YOUR MIO››  To use your MIO ramdisk, you may partition your ramdisk any way you'd like. I would suggest you dedicate one partition of your ramdisk to as many of the four main CARINA II folders as you can. If you have any extra free memory left, you can use it as you see fit. Consult your MIO manual as to how to initialize your MIO ramdisk.›››               STEP G››  You will next be creating an initialize batch file. This batch file will create your ramdisk (if you are using an MIO), create folders in that ramdisk, and copy the appropriate files into those folders. A batch file is simply a text file. When you execute a batch file, SpartaDos redirects all input that would normally come from the keyboard to a disk file. This is used to type out a series of commands that are executed on a regular basis. To execute a batch file that has already been created, simply type a minus sing followed by the batch file name. For example, at the d1: prompt you would type -INIT to execute batch file INIT.BAT located on drive one (refer to your SpartaDos manual for more information about batch files).››IF YOU ARE NOT USING A HARD DRIVE SKIP TO STEP I››                 STEP H››   USING A RAMDISK WITH A HARD DRIVE››  You will need to creat the four main folders (MODULE, SYSMOD, SYSTXT, and SYSTEM) on your hard drive and copy the files in corresponding folders on your master disk into each of these folders. NOTE:  The SYSTEM folder is not on your CARINA II master disks. This folder is empty when your system is first put up. Simply create this folder, copying nothing to it. You can place these folders on any drives you want; however, it would be better if you could place all of these folders on the same drive for consistency's sake. It would also be a good idea to create these folders on drive one (but it's not necessary). Notice that side 1 and side 2 of disk 1 of your CARINA II master disks both have MODULE folders. This is because all of the files that belong in the MODULE folder would not all fit on side of the disk. Copy all files within both of these folders into the one MODULE folder that you create on one of your hard drive partitions.››  Assume that you have created the four main CARINA II folders on drive one, and uou would like to place them on your ramdisk on drive seven. You will need to create an initialize-batch file that will create these folders on your ramdisk and copy all of the files within these folders on your ramdisk. To do this, go to SpartaDos, and at the D1: prompt type:  COPY E: D1:INIT.BAT››  The screen will then be cleared. Assuming the before-mentioned setup (your folders are on drive 1 and your ramdisk is drive 7) type the following (PLEASE MAKE NOT OF THE COMMENTS IN PARENTHESES! DO NOT TYPE THESE COMMENTS WHEN MAKING THIS BATCH FILE, AND ONLY TYPE THE ENTRY CORRESPONDING TO THE COMMENT IF THE CONDITIONS SPECIFIED BY THE COMMENT IS MET):››  (ONLY if you are using a ramdisk›      built into your computer)››  RD D7:›  CREDIR D7:MODULE›  CREDIR D7:SYSMOD›  CREDIR D7:SYSTXT›  CREDIR D7:SYSTEM›    COPY D1:MODULE>D7:MODULE>›    COPY D1:SYSMOD>D7:SYSMOD>›    COPY D1:SYSTXT>D7:SYSTXT>›    COPY D1:SYSTEM>D7:SYSTEM>›  CTRL-3››  The CTRL-3 means- while holding down the Control key, press 3. Do not actually type the characters CTRL-3. If your ramdisk is a drive other than drive 7, simply replace all the 7's with the drive number that your ramdisk resides. If you have a ramdisk BIGGER THAN 256K, you should have no trouble fitting all of these folders into your ramdisk. If you have a 256K ramdisk, then you will need to omit the›CREDIR D7:SYSTXT line and the›COPY D1:SYSTXT>D7:SYSTXT line. You will not have enough room for your system text files in your ramdisk. If you have an even smaller ramdisk, you will need to omit any other CREDIR and COPY commands that are not listed in the suggested ramdisk set-up section. Any room left over in a large ramdisk may be used for any other files you'd like to place on it. Don't worry about what you are going to place there until after you have set up your CARINA II completely.›  If you plan on putting your password file into ramdisk too, then add the following lines right after the last CREDIR command in your batch file:››            COPY*.FLE D7:›            COPY*.DAT D7:››  This will copy your password file, index file, and all system data files  into your ramdisk, We will be discussing what these files are later on.›  If you would feel more comfortable using a text editor to create the batch file as opposed to using the screen editor (E:), by all means, use a text editor.›  Now that you have created your initialize batch file, you are ready to test it out. Make sure that BASIC is installed, turn off your computer, wait a few seconds and turn it back on. You should get a READY prompt. Type DOS and you should get the D1: prompt. Now type "-INIT". Your batch file should then be run, your folders in your ramdisk should be created, and all files belonging in those folders should be copied to it. You should then be left at the D1: prompt. Now check your ramdisk and see if everything that is supposed to be there is actually there by doing a directory of your ramdisk›(DIR D7:[assuming drive 7 is your ramdisk drive]). If all of your folders are there, then you should check to see if all of the files that are supposed to be in those folders are there as well. To do this, type:›"DIR D7:FOLDER_NAME>". For example, to see all of the files within the MODULE folder on your ramdisk you would type:›"DIR D7:MODULE>" (assuming again that drive 7 is your ramdisk). Remember, nothing should be in your SYSTEM folder at this point.›  If you appear to have done something wrong, first make sure that your initialize batch file is set up for the proper system. If it appears to be ok, make sure that your boot-disks all have the proper folders on them and make sure that the folders contain the correct files. If after a COPY command is displayed by your batch file, no filenames are immediately displayed, then SpartaDos could not either find the files or it could not find the proper folders on your boot-disks. Go back to the beginning and check to make sure you followed directions correctly. GO TO STEP J›